The waitlist for public housing is continuing its record-breaking rise, hitting 13,966 households at the end of September. STUFF The amount of people on a waitlist for public housing has doubled. The public housing waitlist is one of the more stark indicators of New Zealand's affordable housing crisis. "The challenges of meeting demand for public housing places with increasing supply of those places will take time," Public Housing Minister Kris Faafoi said. "A net increase of 353 public housing places in September is welcome and supports current forecasts which show 2,675 additional public housing places will be delivered in the 2019/20 year by Kainga Ora and community housing providers. "

Source: Stuff November 01, 2019 01:46 UTC